A unique case and an example of determination, ambition and success in spite of all circumstances experienced by Attiyat, known as “Umm Hamada,” 54 years who has three sons and two daughters. She dropped out of school after primary school and learned to sew linen which became her passion. She opened her first shop in […]

A lonely woman without enough money or a husband or family or friends to support her, took her first steps outside her hometown “Beni Suef ” for the first time accompanied by her two young daughters 18 years ago to reach the train station in Cairo. This woman is Fardous, aged 66 who refused her […]

Karemma, who is known as Om Ibrahim and is 65 years old, knows the meaning of responsibility ever she was a young girl. At the age of 12, she dropped out of school to work with her father in a factory for making and packaging cheese and since then, she continued to work till now. […]

Most of girls at this age dream of getting married and have a small family but Magda has been always going after another thing in life. Although she reached 37 years old, she is still living with her father and has great passion for Crochet products. After she dropped out from school after 3rd preparatory, […]

In a quiet morning Ghada went to buy bread for her family, that consists of her father, 6 brothers and 4 sisters. She did not know she will meet her future husband that day in a “bread line,” it was meant for them to get united, but not as easily as they wish. Ghada were […]

She feels so delighted when customers approach her to buy a gift for making someone else happy. That’s what Zeinab,55, does because she owns a small shop where she sells crochet products, flowers and decorated baskets. She is married with one boy and one girl. Her daughter, aged 28 graduated from the faculty of commerce. […]